"How is that possible!" The opponent saw Zhang Chen unscathed in the flames, and his face changed instantly, his eyes filled with disbelief, then he turned and ran without a word.
"Why are you running? Borrow some fire!"
Zhang Chen noticed some residual flames on the ground and directly ignited the explosive package in his hand, threw it back, causing chaos among the pursuers behind him.
Zhang Chen ran in front while the powerful martial dao practitioners of the Inspection and Supervision Department chased relentlessly behind him. The angle at which Zhang Chen threw the explosive package was subtle, seeming to cause massive destruction but did not directly harm the samurai of the Inspection and Supervision Department.
On the mountain
As Zhang Chen left, the crowd gradually recovered stability. Mr. Wuliu shouted at Xie Lingyun, "Commander Xie, quickly command your subordinates to control their qi blood, and wait for my Yin Spirit Emergence to slaughter them."
"They have already run down the mountain, how can I transmit the order over there?" Xie Lingyun’s eyes showed innocence.
Mr. Wuliu stomped his foot in anger upon hearing this, then turned to look at the experts from Prince Pingbian’s Mansion behind him: "Chase! Definitely catch up with him, don’t let that kid escape."
Mr. Wuliu led his men down the mountain in pursuit, while Xie Lingyun and Young Master unintentionally exchanged glances, nodding slightly to each other, then both sides dispersed.
He fled and they pursued; he could hardly escape.
"The explosives have extremely limited destructive power against those armored elites; if not for the lack of iron armor shielding the face of those armored warriors, I fear my explosives would have no effect on them." Zhang Chen ran swiftly among the crowd, pondering secretly.
The armor on the armored warriors was much sturdier than modern bulletproof vests; the armor was a series of steel pieces linked together. Using explosive power to propel iron debris to explode was utterly impossible.
Even grenades cannot topple cement walls, let alone armor?
Zhang Chen possessed mysterious bloodline, with the power of the Crystal Core inside him, running tirelessly along the way. And those guards from the Inspection and Supervision Department, after descending the mountain, had horses to ride; although they wore armor, they did not appear tired.
However, Zhang Chen intentionally slowed his speed, fearing to exhaust the opponents’ horses, lest the samurai from the Inspection and Supervision Department fall behind, with the Yin God strong person catching up to him.
The city gate was already closed; there were cultivators with Soul Emergence who had relayed the closing message in advance. At this moment, thousands of soldiers formed a lineup at the city gate, glaring at Zhang Chen menacingly.
But Zhang Chen saw that the opponents wore ordinary cowhide armor instead of iron armor; he shook his head silently but did not hold back. After igniting the explosive package, he threw it directly without a word.
One explosive package caused opponents to tumble and scream amidst chaos, instantly transforming the scene before the city gate into a hellish inferno.
Severed limbs and intestines flew everywhere; Zhang Chen smirked coldly, showing no mercy. At this crucial moment of life and death, how could he let compassion overflow?
Before Zhang Chen could throw down the third explosive package, the officers and soldiers scattered and fled, leaving the city gate vacant.
Looking at the city gate ahead, Zhang Chen knew he couldn’t lift the gate bar with his strength alone, nor could he push the gate open. But fortunately, Zhang Chen had no shortage of explosive packages; with one package, the city gate shattered into pieces, and Zhang Chen charged boldly out of the city.
In his wake, the knights of the Inspection and Supervision Department watched Zhang Chen wield explosive packages with ease and massacre all around, eyeing him with twitching eyelids: "Instruct the brothers, if we are not wearing iron armor, keep as much distance from that kid as possible, never let that ghostly thing explode on us."
A group of powerful practitioners from the Inspection and Supervision Department, their qi blood activated, deeply agreed. They initially thought activating qi blood made them strong, but who knew Zhang Chen would teach them a lesson.
"Is that kid still human? Running over twenty kilometers in one breath, our horses are getting exhausted, yet that kid is still running effortlessly."
Everyone chased and ran for two hours, arriving at the mountain foot, watching Zhang Chen still run effortlessly through the mountains, revealing a hint of astonishment.
Horses couldn’t be ridden in the mountains, so the armored warriors got off their steeds and continued the pursuit, tracking Zhang Chen’s trail.
Afterward, the army and experts from Prince Pingbian’s Mansion, and Ru School’s experts also rushed over, refusing to give up.
Zhang Chen shattered Mr. Wu’s Dao heart, and Ru School wished they could flay Zhang Chen alive.
Zhang Chen stormed straight to Zhong Xiang’s tent, while Zhong Xiang’s tent had long been alerted of the disturbance down the mountain and were on guard.
"Who goes there!"
A guard of Zhong Xiang shouted upon seeing Zhang Chen.
"Let him pass!" Zhong Xiang hurriedly instructed the guards to make way.
The guards were perplexed but dared not disobey.
Zhang Chen swiftly crossed the guard line, approached Zhong Xiang, and pointed toward the mountain’s direction: "I’ve brought them here, the rest of the work of deceiving them depends on your acting."
Listening to the yelling from down the mountain, Zhong Xiang suddenly felt a ominous premonition: "What did you do down the mountain?"
"You know I have a grudge with Prince Pingbian’s Mansion, so their experts chasing me is quite reasonable, right?" Zhang Chen replied with a smile.
Zhong Xiang nodded upon hearing this: "Just Prince Pingbian’s experts?"
"By the way, are you related to Mr. Wu?" Zhang Chen suddenly asked, recalling Mr. Wu seemed to have a nickname, Zhong Wubai?
"Why are you asking this?" Zhong Xiang found Zhang Chen’s query odd.
"Are you related?" Zhang Chen inquired again.
"He’s a senior in my family." Zhong Xiang replied.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen felt a shock: "So you really are related?"
Then he looked at Zhong Xiang, hesitating, unsure how to bring up the previous debate.
"What do you want to say?" Zhong Xiang saw Zhang Chen’s hesitation and suddenly felt a dreadful premonition.
"I just debated a few times with that old man. He got knocked out after failing to win the argument, quite serious too. Now, even the Ru School’s experts are after me." Zhang Chen said with some guilt.
Zhong Xiang’s pupils contracted, eyes filled with horror: "What!!! Don’t joke around; that’s no joking matter!"
Casual debating knocked someone out? That’s fooling ghosts!
Zhang Chen patted Zhong Xiang’s shoulder, guilty like a thief, rushing toward the tomb ahead, but halted halfway, turned to ask: "By the way, did Huang Chao arrive?"
"You’re talking about that beggar, right? He went in long ago." Zhong Xiang answered.
Upon hearing, Zhang Chen sighed emotionally: "Huang Chao is truly a bold and daring guy."
While speaking, Zhang Chen turned into mist, floating into the stone cave, then sped through the cave, passing through portals, arriving at that black pool again.
"I wonder where Huang Chao went; I didn’t see him along the way?"
Zhang Chen turned into mist, floating through the air, yet didn’t find traces of Huang Chao. He initially thought of advising Huang Chao if he met him, but surprisingly, he vanished.
"Forget it, I’ll find a place to hide first." Zhang Chen scanned the entire stone cave but found no suitable hiding place.
A grand show is about to unfold; how can it lack him as an important audience?
Zhang Chen quickly glanced around the cave, but after a long look, he failed to spot a suitable hiding place, finally turning into water flow and, like a spiritual snake, pushed himself into a crack.
In Goulan County
At a familiar stall, Young Master and Xie Lingyun were eating lamb offal.
"Do you think that kid managed to escape?" Xie Lingyun asked with some concern.
"Without Yang God’s appearance and interference from martial dao qi blood, Yin God strong person couldn’t make a move. With that kid’s methods, how can mortal soldiers stop him?" Young Master said and then glanced at Xie Lingyun: "Do you know the explosive means that kid uses? It’s horrifying! If controlled by some force, the world would be unstable, not good for the common people but disastrous."
Xie Lingyun heard this and said cautiously: "Indeed."
Then the two ate their lamb offal with heavy hearts. Suddenly, Xie Lingyun asked: "How is Mr. Wu?"
"Not good." Young Master Zhu Xun sighed deeply.
"I’ve been thinking of visiting that tomb to see if it’s really as sinister as you say." Xie Lingyun suddenly raised his head and said.